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Dissertations and Theses, 1990-2007

Doctoral Dissertations, 1995-2007

Year	Student	Dissertation Title	Advisor
2006	Joseph O. Hughes	Salinity and temperature-dependent groundwater flow in the floridian aquifer system of southern Florida	Dr. H.L.(Len) Vacher
2006	Nicole Elko	Storm-influenced sediment transport gradients on a nourished beach	Dr. Ping Wang
2006	Lee J. Florea	The karst of west-central Florida	Dr. H. Leonard Vacher
2006	John R. Bowersox	Community structure, faunal distribution, and environmental forcing of the extinction of marine molluscs in the Pliocene San Joaquin Basin, Central California	Dr. Peter J. Harries
2004	Ivan P. Savov	Petrology and geochemistry of subduction-related rocks from the Mariana Arc-basin system	Dr. Jeffrey G. Ryan
1998	Christian D. Langevin	Stochastic methods for evaluating the potential for wetland rehydration in covered-karst terranes	Dr. Mark T. Stewart
1996	Kimberly K. Yates	Microbial Precipitation of Calcium Carbonate: A Potential Mechanism for Lime-mud Production	Dr. Lisa Robbins
1995	Thomas C. Juster	Circulation of Saline and Hypersaline Groundwater in Carbonate Mud: Mechanisms, Rates and an Example from Florida Bay	Dr. H. Leonard Vacher Dr. Mark T. Stewart
1995	Ping Wang	Surf Zone Sediment Transport on Low Energy Coasts -- Field Measurement and Prediction	Dr. Richard A. Davis

Masters Theses, 2006

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
Matthew Weiss	Evaluation of geophysical and thermal methods for detecting submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) in the Suwannee River Estuary, Florida	Dr. Sarah E. Kruse
Paul O. Knorr	The case for higher-order Pleistocene sea-level fluctuations in Southwest Florida	Dr. Peter J. Harries
Arnell S. Harrison	Evaluating the reliability of continuous resistivity profiling to detect submarine groundwater discharge in a shallow marine environment: Sarasota Bay, Florida	Dr. Sarah E. Kruse
Joseph Krivanek	Reef recovery after the late Devonian mass extinction: evidence from the Dugway Range	Dr. Peter J. Harries
Richard, MacNeil	Geophysical investigations and groundwater modeling of the hydrologic conditions at Masaya Caldera, Nicaragua	Dr. Chuck Connor
Ashley de Silva	Investigation of Cretaceous molluscan shell material for isotopic integrity: Examples and implications from the Baculites compressus/cuneatus biozones (Campanian) of the Western Interior Seaway	Dr. Peter J. Harries

Masters Theses, 2005

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
William C. Hutchings	The effects of micro-scale heterogeneities on aquifer storage recovery systems	Dr. H.L. Vacher
Jason W. Kirkpatrick	Site 1078 remediation demonstration project using chemical oxidation technology, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida	Dr. H.L. Vacher
Jennifer Krock	Historical morphodynamics of John’s Pass, west-central Florida	Dr. Ping Wang
Larry Seale	Creation, analysis and evaluation of remote sensing sinkhole databases for Pinellas County, Florida	Dr. H.L. Vacher
Limaris Soto	Reconstruction of Late Holocene precipitation for central Florida as derived from isotopes in speleothems	Dr. Phil van Beynen
Jeremy White	Application of residual mapping to a transient groundwater flow model	Dr. M. Stewart
Joseph Haber	Designing a network to monitor nutreints in the upper Florida aquifer, west-central Florida	Dr. H.L Vacher
Judy Harden	Light element and lithium isotope signatures of the EM II reservoir – the Society Islands of French Polynesia: Geochemical results and an educational application	Dr. Jeffrey G. Ryan, Dr. H.L. (Len) Vacher
David Tidwell	Sedimentation patterns and hydrodynamics of a wave-dominated tidal inlet: Blind Pass, Florida	Dr. Ping Wang

Masters Theses, 2004

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
Kristin Martin	Limitations of the advection-diffusion equation for modeling tephra fallout: 1992 eruption of Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua	Dr. Chuck Connor
Swagata Guha	Ground penetrating radar response to this layers: Examples from Waites Island, South Carolina	Dr. Sarah E. Kruse
Olesya Lazareva	Detailed geochemical and mineralogical analysis of naturally ocurring arsenic in the Hawthorn Group, southwestern Florida	Dr. T. Pichler
Alyssa Saint John	Characteristics of a rapidly, chronically eroding beach: A case study of Long Key, Pinellas County, Florida	Dr. Ping Wang
Richard A. Walther	Amino acid paleothermometry of gastropod shells applied to a loess profile in central Europe	Dr. Eric A. Oches
Jennifer Weller	Bayesian inference in forecasting volcanic hazards: An example from Armenia	Dr. Chuck Connor
Jack Wilhoit	Morphodynamics of Buncas Pass, Florida	Dr. R.A. Davis
Brian J. Armstrong	Reducing dry-season agricultural seepage entering Flatford Swamp, Manatee County, Florida, USA	Dr. H. Leonard Vacher
Steve Guggino	Seasonality in western equatorial Pangaea during the Early Permian (Upper Sakmarian): d18O, d13C and elemental analysis of brachiopod shells from the Robledo Mountains, New Mexico, USA	Dr. Peter J. Harries
Kevin McCarthy	A geochemical characterization of the Champagne Hot Springs shallow hydrothermal vent field, Dominica, Lesser Antilles	Dr. Thomas Pichler
William J. Greenwood	Mapping porewater salinity with electromagnetic and electrical methods in shallow coastal environments: Terra Ceia, Florida	Dr. Sarah E. Kruse
Ginger Tilling	Aminostratigraphy of Pleistocene sediments in Florida	Dr. Eric A. Oches

Masters Theses, 2003

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
Roy Price	Abundance and mineralogical associations of naturally ocurring arsenic in the upper Floridian aquifer, Suwanne Limestone	Dr. T. Pichler
Kevin A. van Cleave	Carbonates in ALH84001: Implications for past life on Mars	Dr. Lisa Robbins, Dr. Jeffrey G. Ryan
Giulio I. Scarzella	Source, mobility and fate of arsenic at four golf courses, Hillsborough County, Florida	Dr. T. Pichler
James Schneider	Hydrogeology and submarine groundwater discharge on sandy barrier islands: Dog Island and St. George Island, Florida	Dr. Sarah E. Kruse

Masters Theses, 2002

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
Chris Bryant	Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging, Grain Size Analysis, Porosity, and Seepage Characteristics of impoundments, Southwest Florida	Dr. Sarah E. Kruse
Kelly Moore	Aminostratigraphy of the Late Pleistocene Loessof Europe	Dr. Eric A. Oches

Masters Theses, 2001

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
Meadows, Darren	Seasonal and Anthropogenic changes in the Fresh/Brackish Water lens of the Torchwood Preserve, Little Torch Key, Florida	Dr. Sarah E. Kruse
Nawrocki, Kerri	Coastal Wetland Surface Elevation changes: Salt Marsh and Mangrove Systems, Tampa Bay, Florida	Dr. Eric A. Oches
Michelle Thompson	Gigantism and Dolomite Replacement in the Deans’s trucking Pit Molluscs (Early to Middle Miocene), Sarasota Country, Florida	Dr. Peter J. Harries
Livio Tornabene	The Gatun Structure: A Geological Assessment of A Newly Recognized Impact Structure Near Gatun Lake in the Republic De Panama	Dr. Jeffrey G. Ryan

Masters Theses, 2000

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
Albury, Carl	Determining the feasibility for Wetland Rehydration: Simulation of Application Rates and Transport of Reclaimed Water. North Lakes Wetland Project	Dr. Mark T. Stewart
Boice, Anand Erik	Evolutionary Tempo and Mode of the Inoceramid Bivalves Following the Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary	Dr. Peter J. Harries
Bortnick, Becky L.	Post-construction adjustment of nourished beaches: Examples from Pinellas County, Florida	Dr. Richard A. Davis
Hepner, Tiffany	Effect of El Niño (1997-98) on the peninsular gulf coast of Florida	Dr. Richard A. Davis
Purcell, Noreen	Reassessing the Aminostratigraphy of Eolianites on San Salvador Island, Bahamas	Dr. Eric A. Oches
Scruggs, Steve	GPR imaging and geostatistical characterization of limestone beneath wetland vegetation in southwest Florida	Dr. Sarah E. Kruse

Masters Theses, 1999

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
Becker, May Ling	Interaction of tidal inlets on a microtidal coast: A study of Boca Ciega Bay, John’s Pass, and Blind Pass	Dr. H. Leonard Vacher Dr. Mark Ross (Civil.Eng.)
Elko, Nicole	Long-term beach performance and sediment budget of Long Key, Pinellas County, FL	Dr. Richard A. Davis
Ozanne, Colin R.	The role of predation, parasitism and disease in the extinction of the inoceramides: An evaluation	Dr. Peter J. Harries
Savov, Ivan Petrov	Petrology and geochemistry of the late Precambrian Balkan-Carpathian ophiolite, Bulgaria and Serbia	Dr. Jeffrey G. Ryan

Masters Theses, 1998

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
Andrews, Samantha Debra	Comparative Biogeochemistry of Modern, Fossil, and Artifically Aged Molluscs Using Protein, Amino Acid, Stable Isotopic and Ultrastructural Methods	Dr. Lisa L. Robbins
Barnard, Patrick Lewis	Historical morphodynamics of inlet channels: West-central Florida	Dr. Richard A. Davis
Emilio, Michael Charles	Metamorphic Evolution of the Buck Creek Mafic-Ultramafic Complex, Clay County, North Carolina, USA	Dr. Jeffrey G. Ryan
Goddard, Michele	The Geophysical Delineation of the Fresh-water/Salt-water Interface in the Weeki Wachee River Basin, Hernando County, Florida	Dr. Mark T. Stewart
Hand, Jacqueline	Geologic development and modern morphodynamics of Dog Island, Florida	Dr. Richard A. Davis
Hilderbrand, Douglas	Elemental Ratio Determination Via ICP-MS and DCP-AES: Methodology To Extract Climate Records From Coral Aragonite	Dr. Terry Quinn
Kugler, Noah	Numerical simulation of freshwater lenses in barrier islands	Dr. Mark T. Stewart
Norrell, Suzanne	Petrogenesis of Alkaline and Subalkaline Lavas from Southeastern Russia	Dr. Jeffrey G. Ryan
Shoemaker, Wayne Barclay	Resolution of subsurface stratigraphy using geophysical techniques	Dr. Mark T. Stewart Dr. Sarah E. Kruse

Masters Theses, 1997

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
Ciriello, Deidra	Geophysical Analysis of Groundwater Lenses in Key Largo, Florida	Dr. H. Leonard Vacher
Ferguson, IV, Thomas W	Post-Miocene Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of Valley Fill Sequences at the Mouth of Tampa Bay	Dr. Richard A. Davis
Kling, Jennifer	The Morphodynamics of Egmont Key, Hillsborough County, Florida	Dr. Richard A. Davis
Schmidt, Matthew	Paleoceanography of the North American Western Interior Seaway Based on Geochemical Analysis of Carbonate Shell Material	Dr. Peter J. Harries
Spurgeon, Darren L.	Origin and Distribution of Beachrock, Siesta Key, Florida	Dr. Richard A. Davis
Yale, Kristin E .	Regional Stratigraphy and Geologic History of Barrier Islands, West-central Coast of Florida	Dr. Richard A. Davis

Masters Theses, 1996

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
Austin, Phil	Boron and Beryllium of the Kamchatka Arc: The Roles of Rifting and Assimiltion in Continental Arcs	Dr. Jeffrey G. Ryan
Bahtijarevic, Aida	Karst Landforms in Florida, Geo-morphological Analysis	Dr. Sam Upchurch
Cargill, John G. IV	Surface Sediment Facies Distribution and Holocene Stratigraphy of the Northern  Great Bahama Bank	Dr. Richard A. Davis
Countryman, Roger A. II	Geophysical Delineation of the Position of the Saltwater Interface in the Lower Suwannee River Basin	Dr. Mark T. Stewart
Pekala, John	Stratigraphy and Geologic History of Anna Maria Island, Manatee County, Florida	Dr. Richard A. Davis

Masters Theses, 1995

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
Fatherree, James W.	Isotope Paleontology of Selected Molluscs from the Upper Pierre Shale (Late Campanian-Early Maastrictian) from the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of North America	Dr. Peter J. Harries
Fitzgerald, Megan	Stratigraphy of tidal and fluvial paleochannel sequences beneath West-Central Florida gulf coast barrier islands	Dr. Richard A. Davis
Harrison, Holly R.	Paleoecology and Taphonomy of Carolina Pecten Ebareus	Dr. Peter J. Harries Dr. Terry Quinn
Hawkins, Sharon	Intracrystalline proteins in Aragoniteneedle mud from Florida Bay: An Immunological and Biogeochemical Study	Dr. Lisa L. Robbins
Kayser, Richard	An investigation of climatic and environmental change during the middle pliocene in Southwest Florida using the elemental geochemistry of a pristine fossil coral	Dr. Terry Quinn
Kowalski, Katherine	Morphodynamics and stratigraphy of big Sarasota pass and new pass ebb-tidal deltas, Sarasota County, Florida	Dr. Richard A. Davis
Morrison, Kevin	Numerical Model of a Fractured Aquifer	Dr. Mark T. Stewart
Sedgwick, Peter E.	Stratigraphy of Washover Deposits in Florida: Implications for Recognition in the Stratigraphic Record	Dr. Richard A. Davis
Trout, Kenneth	Modeling groundwater flow in a vertical cross section using the Kirkham-Strack methodology	Dr. H. Leonard Vacher

Masters Theses, 1994

Student	Thesis Title	Advisor
Harrison, Clifford Henry IV	Effects of Environmental Changes on Molluscan Evolutionary Patterns, Gosport Sand (Middle Eocene), Southwest Alabama	Dr. Lisa L. Robbins
Langevin, Christain	Numerical Model of Porewater Fluxes in a Hypothetical Florida Bay Mud Island	Dr. Mark T. Stewart Dr. H. Leonard Vacher
Roulier, Leanne M.	Seasonal-To-Decadal-Climatic Variability In Southwestern Florida During The Middle Pliocene Warm Interval: Inferences From A Coralline Stable Isotope Record	Dr. Terry Quinn
Schellenberg, Steven A.	Middle Pleistocene Oceanographic And Environmental Conditions In Shallow-Marine Waters Of The Southwestern Clombian Basin: Inferences From The Stable-Isotope Record Of A Fossil	Dr. Terry Quinn
Schneider, Tracy	Numerical Analysis of Seawater Fluxes in Coastal Systems	Dr. Mark T. Stewart
Tao, Yucong	Whitings on the Great Bahama Bank: Distribution in Space and Time Using Space Shuttle Photograph	Dr. Lisa L. Robbins
Tenthorey, Eric	Petrogenesis of a sapphirine-bearing Meta-troctolite in the Buck Creek, Ultramafic Body, Clay County, North Carolina, USA	Dr. Jeffrey G. Ryan Dr. Eleanour Snow
Wyatt, Jennifer L.	Petrography & Geochemistry of Limestones at Limalok & Wodejebato Guyots (ODP Sites 871 & 874), Republic of the Marshall Islands	Dr. Terry Quinn

Masters Theses, 1993

Student	Thesis Title
Caballero, Julian	Salinity Variation in the Upper Saturated Zone of Sugarloaf Key, Florida
Chen, Jian	A Study of Sinkholes as a Point Source Contamination in Hillsborough County, FL .
Creaser, Gary	Wave Refraction Analysis as a Tool for Beach Nourishment Performance Prediction: Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas County, FL .
Fuller, John	Numerical Analysis of Thermally Driven Ground-Water Flow in a Carbonate Platform
Haney, Rebecca	Process-Response Study of Sediment Textures on a Nourished Beach, Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas County
Ketcher, Kathleen	Preliminary Biostratigraphy of Plio-Pleistocene Deposits in Southern Central Florida
Latham, Dave	Hydrostratigraphy of the Lake Wales Ridge, Central Florida
Spratt, James	Geophysical Evaluation & Hydro. Significance of Fractures in the Florida Aquifer
Taraszki, Michael	Modeling Sodium Precipitation in the Vadose Zone of Essez Valley, Jamaica

Masters Theses, 1992

Student	Thesis Title
Farkas, Thomas	Ground Water Flow to Drains: Semianalytical Model for Residence Time
Parker, John	Surficial Aquifer Hydrogeology in a Covered-Karst Terrane
Powers, John	Numerical and Analytical Modeling of Double-Porosity Aquifers
Sherman, Sarah	Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Saba, Northern Lesser Antilles

Masters Theses, 1991

Student	Thesis Title
Calderon-Zanoria, Avena	Volcanology and Geochemistry of the Cavite-Batangas Highland, Southwestern Luzon, Philippines
Cuffe, C. Kelly	Development and Stratigraphy of Ebb-and Flood-Tidal Deltas at Hurricane Pass, Pinellas County, Florida
Delfin, Francisco G. Jr.	Petrogenesis of Mt. Bulusan Volcanic Complex, Bicol Cra, The Philippines
Foss, Daniel	Chemical Interaction of Surficial Aquifer Water With Floridan Aquifer Water in Recharge Well Environment
Gibbs, Ann E.	Stratigraphy and Geologic History of Three Rooker Bar: A Recently Emergent Barrier Island on the West-Central Coast of Florida
Hogg, R. Warren	Hydrogeologic Investigation of Dolomitization of the Little Bahama Bank Utilizing SUTRA
Hogue, Robert C.	Time Series Investigation of Beach Sediments, Pinellas County, Florida
Jackson, Thomas	Study of Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks at E. La Yeguada Volcanic Complex, Panama
Jones, Ian C.	Ion Transport Within the Floridan Aquifer, West-Central Florida
Murphy, Tauna	Properties of Ground-Water Chemical Data - North Central Florida
Papetti, Lawrence W.	Heavy Minerals in Holocene Sediments of the Inner Florida Atlantic Continental Shelf
Robinson, James	Determination of Ground-Water Residence Time in Idealized Unconfined Flow Systems
Troyer, Paulette	Geology of the Rock Eagle Complex, Central Georgia

Masters Theses, 1990

Student	Thesis Title
Beaudoin, Cathleen	The Effects of Dredge and Fill Canals on the Fresh-Water Lens of a Small Oceanic Island, Big Pine Key, Florida
Dawson, Roger J.	Implications of the Gravity Potential Field Surrounding the Presley Mill Gabbro-Putnam County, Georgia
Gaddis-Redmond, Cynthia	Gravity Investigation of the Gladesville Gabbro and Surrounding Area, Berner  Mafic Complex, Georgia
Herrygers, Ronald F. Jr.	Effect of Shell on Nourishment Performance, Redington Beach, Pinellas County, Florida
Kemble-McKenna, Kimberly	Time-series Analysis of Beach Morphology Pinellas County, Florida
Richerson, Phil	Geology and Geochemistry of Related Rocks from LaYeguada Volcanic Complex, Panama
Ryan, Keith W	Comparison of Water-budget and Numerical-modeling Methods for Assessing Lake/Ground Water Interactions
Shaw, Stephen K.	Isotopic Analysis of Diagenetic Carbonates from the Green-Acre Mine, Marion Cty, FL
Wallis, Thomas N.	Hydrogeological Analysis and Conceptual Model of the Freshwater Lens atOcean Bight, Great Exuma, Bahamas
Wightman, Michael	Geophysical Analysis and Dupuit-Ghyben-Herzberg Modeling of Fresh-Water Lenses on Big Pine Key, Florida
York, Debra R.	Stratigraphy of Fluvial Terraces on Savannah River at the Gregg Shoals and Clyde Gulley Archaeological Sites, Elbert County, Georgia

Older M.S. Theses available through the USF Virtual Library

Student	Thesis Title
Crowe, Douglas, 1983	Stratigraphy and Geologic History, Bunces Key, Pinellas County, Florida